Athletics director salary database for 2011

To determine the total pay packages of FBS (formerly known as Division I-A) athletics directors for their current contract years, USA TODAY—in partnership with Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP—requested all forms of compensation for the AD at all 120 schools.

Schools that provided contract information were given the opportunity to review their figures.

Explanations of compensation categories

University compensation: Base salary; income from contract provisions other than base salary that are paid, or guaranteed, by the university or affiliated organizations, such as a foundation. For example, payments in consideration for: shoe and apparel use; television, radio or other media appearances; personal appearances.

Also includes deferred payments earned annually; conditional deferred payments earned annually; certain payments based on attendance, ticket revenue or sales; contractual expense account or housing allowance. It does not include other amounts that may have been earned as annual incentive bonuses in other years, the value of standard university benefits such as health care or the value of potentially taxable items such as cars; country club memberships; game tickets for the regular season, postseason and other sports; the value of stadium suites, travel upgrades or spouse/family travel and game tickets.

Salaries reported do not take into account deductions that have, or may, occur because of state government furlough, or other pay-reduction, actions.

Non-university compensation: Income from sources listed on the coach's most recently available, self-reported athletically related outside income report. It also includes pay from separate booster organizations.

Total: Combination of university and non-university compensation.

Maximum bonus: The greatest amount that can be received if the department or teams meet prescribed onfield performance goals (e.g., win totals, bowl-game appearances, conference and/or national championships, coach of the year awards, etc.), academic and/or player conduct goals. Does not include possible payments based on percentages of ticket revenue or sales, departmental fundraising amounts.

Notes

Boise State: Apsey serving on interim basis. Previous AD, Gene Bleymeier (fired as of Sept. 8) had $268,616 in total compensation and a $128,622 bonus maximum.

Connecticut: Pendergast serving on interim basis. Previous AD, Jeff Hathaway (resigned as of Sept. 15) had $511,599 in total compensation and a $55,833 bonus maximum.

Florida: University compensation includes annual retention bonus that, if Foley remains employed as Florida's AD on Jan. 31, 2012, will pay him $550,000. This is the greatest in series of eight such bonuses under contract provision that paid him $200,000 in 2011, and would pay him $150,000 in 2013, $250,000 in 2014; $100,000 in each of next four years.

Louisiana-Lafayette: Farmer has been serving on interim basis since David Walker retired Dec. 31, 2010.

Louisville: University compensation includes $300,000 in bonus money that is guaranteed under Jurich's contract with the University of Louisville Foundation. The foundation agrees to pay Jurich a bonus of $300,000, less the amount paid to Jurich in performance incentives under his contract with the University of Louisville Athletic Association. He can earn up to $644,000 in bonuses from the association.

North Carolina: Baddour announced July 28 he will retire, but remains AD pending university's search for successor.

Texas Christian: Amount reported on tax return represents partial calendar-year compensation because Del Conte began working for university in October 2009.

Vanderbilt: Williams is vice chancellor for university affairs and athletics; general counsel and university secretary for school and its medical center; tenured law professor

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